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May 15th 2008
by Addison-Wesley Professional
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Paperback, 500 pages
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0321503619
(isbn13: 9780321503619)
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There's a reason that a large slice of the open-source movement has defected from running Linux on its laptops to running Mac OS X. The reason is the ...more
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Ok lets be clear here. I'm the worlds worst programmer! my brain is not wired to programme, I'm thick as two short planks when it comes to programming. I'm like a dog chasing a cat, I always go back for more punishment!!
Great book, but skips through some of the explainations of how individual lines of code are structured and why. Apples reference docs don't give simple examples of how each call works and I find it confusing as I don't easily see how a call should be used.
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Great book, but skips through some of the explainations of how individual lines of code are structured and why. Apples reference docs don't give simple examples of how each call works and I find it confusing as I don't easily see how a call should be used.
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Read in December, 2008
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This book tried to teach Cocoa, Objective-C, and Xcode at the same time and failed pretty miserably. The book is organized around example programs, not programming concepts, so it's pretty much impossible to go back and skim to find a particular bit of code or concept.
This book teaches you how to read Objective-C, not how to write it. The author encourages you to copy-paste the code a lot or retype it verbatim. Instead of practicing what was just covered, the exercises either have yo...more
This book teaches you how to read Objective-C, not how to write it. The author encourages you to copy-paste the code a lot or retype it verbatim. Instead of practicing what was just covered, the exercises either have yo...more
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Read in November, 2008
This is how technical books should be written. If you want to learn Cocoa programming for Mac OS X, I highly recommend this book.
The author does an excellent job of walking the reader through the need-to-know parts of developing Cocoa software on the Mac. His style is very approachable. A breadth of fresh air, a technical book that does NOT read like a cryptic UNIX man page. Hillegass "gets" his audience.
I would not recommend this book to a beginner or non-progr...more
The author does an excellent job of walking the reader through the need-to-know parts of developing Cocoa software on the Mac. His style is very approachable. A breadth of fresh air, a technical book that does NOT read like a cryptic UNIX man page. Hillegass "gets" his audience.
I would not recommend this book to a beginner or non-progr...more
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so much clearer than any tutorial on the web. has a tutorial like format but does a good job of explaining the major concepts in developing for mac/iphone (obj c, cocoa, interface builder)
i don't see it as a good reference but its a great book for learning
i don't see it as a good reference but its a great book for learning
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06/25/09
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Read in May, 2009
This book would be great for a beginner in Objective-C and Cocoa, but it won't take you very far. Most of my experience was just re-typing code from the book, which is very helpful when you are not at all familiar with Objective-C or Cocoa.
However, if you are an intermediate or advanced Cocoa programmer this probably won't help very much.
However, if you are an intermediate or advanced Cocoa programmer this probably won't help very much.
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Read in March, 2009
Not nearly as good as the last Objective C book I worked through. Hillegass isn't thorough enough. Yeah, I understand the virtue in setting challenges for reader/students. But a lot of time is wasted and I'm often in a state of resigned confusion.
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Read in October, 2008
If you want to get into programming on the Mac or the iPhone, this is the first book you should read. Considered by many as the "Cocoa Bible", it leads the reader into the world of Cocoa, Objective-C, and Xcode at a steady, manageable pace.
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Much same as the two last editions. Good tutorial introducing cocoa on Mac OS X Leopard.
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